I'm not playing the race card, I'm playing the rice card

At last, evidence that you should always bring Spears to a knife fight.

It doesn't help that a lot of laws pertaining to bikes are ridiculously dumb. Can't ride on a sidewalk? There's a long stretch of road here with a 6-inch "shoulder" but a nice 5-foot wide sidewalk that goes largely unused by anyone walking. If you're talking safety, it's far safer for a bike rider to use that sidewalk…

This is my research group! I helped (just a little) help put together the survey! It's great that it's showing up in all my internet hideouts.

And yet it still arsehole car drivers that cause 75% of adult cycle accidents. Also car driving is not heavily regulated - for most people you have to pass driving test and the your set.

I sometimes go against red lights or don't come to complete stop at a stop sign. I do this for a couple of reasons. First, on a bicycle I have a better line of sight down the cross street to tell when there is absolutely no chance of impeding cross traffic. I see this as somewhat similar to a car making a right when…

I have no problem with a cyclist running a red light - provided the cyclist stops and checks for traffic and pedestrians first.

The second book in the fantastic Red Rising trilogy comes out tomorrow. Holy crap was the first book great.

Tradition, that's why. They were making HUGE Buddha statues as back as 7-th century (49 ft). They have a 310ft Buddha (albeit standing). They take tours inside some of the most famous ones, including the very ancient. Seeing that Buddhism allows (nay, respects) creatures of all sorts, why not have those HUGE Godzilla,…

So what you're saying is...

That's exactly what I was thinking. At this point, the scariest part of being in New York these days is the NYPD.

I assumed it wasn't actually supposed to be blue, just made blue because making it all black would make it look to formless.

I don't remember seeing an artificial intelligence movie where the robot is bonkers — the most emotionally unstable person in the film — and who has this knowledge of 3,000 years of recorded history and who is a pouty teen, all at the same time.

Marvel's approach is always one I've enjoyed. It all happened, and if you find an inconsistency? That's hilarious, you get your name published. And then we all get on with our lives.

Doctor Who does they same thing, but on a much grander scale. It's only important when it's important.

I don't buy knick-knacks, but I WANT Batgirl in a terrible way. (I've been slowly simplifying and downsizing my life. It's liberating.)

And the moment they began to flush it all away.

Also awesome is the Doom that came to Atlantic City. Fun, quick to set up, and nice production values:

Picard let the Holodeck take over the Enterprise, time and again.